This is a blending tobacco (pure cypern Latakia) and you can only use it as a component in our own mixtures. Well, the tobacco is quite good, but there is something better in the market. Less intense than others, this Latakia is mild and you need a great amount in your personal english mixture if you want to have a good latakia taste. Anyway this tobacco is more than sufficient and in my personal system rating (from 1 to 10) the score is 7 and two stars and a half.